The Noflexar 'T' 400mm is a 50 years young 3 element achromat 'telescope lens' … as distinct from telephoto lens. Designed by Novoflex, manufactured by Staeble Optic Altenstadt near Schongau, Bavaria c.1969.

It's possible to buy the Noflexar T 400mm secondhand on eBay for less than $100; it's a superb optic and recommended by Doug Herr - the Birdman of Sacramento. Novoflex still supply adapters for their follow focus mounts enabling fitting to most modern cameras.

The camera body is shown perched on the 'seat' of my Eckla Multi-Rolly trolley seat. The apparatus is quite heavy especially when using the plywood board - and it's a long walk from the car park to the reserve's ponds. The indispensable Eckla trolley makes light work of the bulky apparatus. - but it's a bumpy ride - so any lens heads are carried separately in a shoulder bag to avoid shaking the optics.

To illustrate the Eckla trolley seat in use at Swaddywell Pit Reserve … photo taken earlier in the year by my friend and forum member barnack-bill (Mike J)

Best wishes

dunk

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Thank you for your comment … the 3 element Novoflex Noflexar 'T' 400mm achromat is a very cost effective 'long focus' lens solution for mirrorless and DSLR cameras which also responds well to use of modern extenders / teleconverters, and close-up tubes / bellows.